Internacional perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Athletico PR can look both up and down from their 12th position.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Internacional form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 6 Serie A games here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda for Internacional. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
It's back home for Internacional, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Bragantino away with the result 2-0. Thiago Galhardo (2) found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the away draw at Grêmio that finished 1-1.
Internacional are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Sport Recife awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Internacional in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Internacional have only let in 3 goals at home.
Athletico PR form and stats
Playing away, Athletico PR have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the Serie A this season. A depressing four defeats in a row for Athletico PR in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Fortaleza.
There were no winners in Athletico's previous match, a Serie A home game that ended 0-0 vs Ceará (placed 14th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Flamengo wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Corinthians in just three days.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Athletico's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Internacional, two draws and five wins for Athletico PR. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Galhardo do Nascimento Rocha 12 goals |  J. Guerrero González 3 goals |   V. Naum dos Santos 2 goals |
Internacional missing players
Athletico PR missing players
| Internacional | Athletico PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 19 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 71% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 46% |
| 21% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 23% |
| 7% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 38% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 31% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 159 | 75 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 56 | 136 |
| 60 | 32 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 32% | 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | 29% |
- All of Eintracht Frankfurt's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Eintracht Frankfurt have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Eintracht Frankfurt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Eintracht Frankfurt is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 31 | 45 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 38 |
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 38 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 32 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 32 |
| 8 | Union Berlin | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 9 | Freiburg | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 27 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 25 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 12 | Hoffenheim | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 22 |
| 14 | Köln | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -14 | 18 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -10 | 17 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -17 | 17 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -22 | 10 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 30 | -34 | 8 |
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